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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1931
Page
1
A reader urges timely start of active tick eradication in Brazos County on or about March 1 and calls for farmer cooperation and pre dipping educational work to minimize delays and conserve resources.
About Bryan reports multiple visitors in Bryan and Brazos County. Bryan welcomes business visitors P L Barron of Wellborn and W E Barron of Iola, Mrs R W Marshall and daughter Ann of Hearne, Mrs W L Perkins of Farriday visiting sister Mrs George A Adams, Rudolph Harris and son Jack return to Giddings, George Foster of River Oaks also in Bryan, Mrs McDuff Simpson recovering after hospital operation.
Shanghai dispatch reports the insurgent southern government pushing into Hunan as three Nanking divisions head toward the area. Observers warn a bloody clash is likely due to the strength of both sides' forces.
J Frank Womble assistant secretary of the Brynd Brazos County Chamber of Commerce resigns effective Sept 5. He will enroll at Texas A and M College to study architecture. He is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin high school and has worked with the chamber for several months. No successor named.
An explosion at a Dupont powder magazine on the Henry Schaerdel farm eight miles south of Dallas shattered windows citywide and wrecked the Schaerdel home. A Schaerdel grandson and a Black child were slightly injured. Windows in a nearby railway coach broke as thousands of motorists gathered to watch. Cause unknown. several other powder houses nearby.
Miss Mildred King filed a federal suit seeking $100000 from Mrs Henrietta G Hartford of Newport R I wealthy widow connected to the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. She alleged the widow promised to pay or adopt the plaintiff if she persuaded Huntington Hartford Harvard student to break with a New York girl. The plaintiff said she found other friends for the youth but the mother refused to pay.
Bryan businessmen plan a second goodwill tour Thursday morning covering Snook Lyons Station Somerville Caldwell Cooks Point Stone City Steeles Store Mumford Hearne Calvert Franklin Wheelock and Benchley. They will lunch at Hearne with a program by the Bryan Community band and local entertainers to boost the Legion Free County Fair opening Oct 15 and Trade Day. A list of participating merchants includes E B Yeager Tom Smith Ray McDaniel Mit Dansby Earl Tatum O S Johnson Hugh Looney J Webb Howell C L Benson J F P Casey Travis Bryan H B Barthman Sankey Park Wilson Bradley W K Gibbs G W Ross T H Black J C Webb I Maniloff Hy T Schovassa J F Womble W R McCullough.
C F Bubs Mosley new assistant coach and science teacher at Allen Academy spoke to Bryan Lions on a program led by R A McDaniel. Mosley praised Bryan schools and urged continued support for rural clubs in the county.
A Texas legislator proposes a plan to boost cotton by requiring men to wear cotton night shirts and women to wear petticoats not shorter than 14 inches, with shirts tails lengthened by eight inches. She argues government authority can regulate attire similar to plant ownership.
President Hoover spoke via national radio celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Red Cross chapter at Dansville New York founded by Clara Barton. He said the organization demonstrates democracy’s ability to create service agencies from the people themselves.
Gary Minkert son of Judge J G Minkert narrowly escaped fatal injury when he fell from a hay wagon onto a pitch fork on his father’s farm ten miles northwest of Bryan. One prong went through his leg from hip to bone while another pierced flesh to the bone. He was rushed to a Bryan hospital and given tetanus serum and is reported as doing well at his parents’ home.
Lieut. Paul L. Neal of the U S Army Signal Corps reports four carrier pigeons lost since the dove season began at Texas A and M College. Pigeons were obtained from Fort Sam Houston for military work. Neal planned to breed replacements after the losses. The birds had learned to view the Neal home as their roost and returned there.
Galveston County Judge E. B. Holman will pour the first concrete on the Galveston Alvin road marking the start of the highway completion by contractors.
Special to The Eagle reports generally fair and warm conditions for Bryan and vicinity tonight and Thursday. East and West Texas also see fair skies with continued warmth through Thursday.
President Hoover holds talks with bankers and cotton brokers about creating banking credits for export cotton and possibly financing a Smith Caraway plan to buy 8 million bales at a minimum price. Senators Caraway and Smith favor government buys to prevent planting next year and stimulate demand.
Salt Lake City dispatch says Louis Deathridge died while attempting to scale a penitentiary wall. A simultaneous prisoner mutiny captured Deputy Warden Wilford Giles but was quelled as guards fired on escapees. Warden R. E. Davis urged freeing Giles.
Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald pushes an economy plan with a bill to empower the cabinet to govern by orders in council. The commons passed the first reading. debate planned Friday. Stanley Baldwin urged further emergency resolutions.
Bowie Parent-Teacher Association announces a style show at Bowie school auditorium starting at 8 o clock Thursday. Mrs J B Dodyne directs with Mrs Henry Harrison Jr in charge of music. models include Jane Oliver Mary Jones Ann Bentley Ruth Smith and others from Shop Elite. fur pieces featured. proceeds go to the PTA treasury for school equipment.
Washington announces a new citrus fruit laboratory at Weslaco Texas to aid Lone Star growers with practical solutions for utilizing citrus fruit culls and byproducts. Dr Henry G Knight chief of the bureau of chemistry and soils says site chosen on agricultural experiment station lands at Weslaco upon reevaluation of facilities.
President A M Waldrop resumed the Rotary luncheon chair after illness. Prof D H Reid led the program with speakers M L Cashion, secretary of the Y M C A at College Station, and J G Gay, his assistant. Cashion traced the Y M C A history from Sir George Williams 1842 to the 1858 college division inception.
Federal Farm Board Chairman Stone said the board would ask no money from the next Congress and would stop buying wheat and cotton. The board holds 1,300,000 bales of cotton and 200,000,000 bushels of wheat bought when prices were higher than current levels.
In Hartford Alabama on September 9 Police Chief J C Ready and former Mayor J H Radford shot each other dead on Main Street after a quarrel over a road scraper operation in front of Radford's home.
The senate yesterday approved the appointment of Eduardo Hernandez Chazaro to the post of consul general in San Antonio Mexico City reported the confirmation on Sept 9.
Seattle dispatch reports Don Moyle and Cecil A. Allen have not been heard from after departing Japan for Seattle. The pair were due to arrive this afternoon with no word yet received.
Naws to the Editor recounts a Beverly Hills note on a lively weekend. The King of England and the Prince of Wales earn praise, Bill Murray gives a strong speech, and Senator Borah questions government mismanagement versus the people.
Homer Stuart, visiting his parents in Las Cruces and formerly with the Bryan Daily Eagle, leaves for Pecos to assume duties as managing editor of the local newspaper.
Mr and Mrs T B Robinson and Mr and Mrs J A Britton return from San Angelo by car weather is dry Tex. Robinson brings a live diamond rattler four to five feet long with 11 rattles and a button. Dr A F E Wharton at A and M Experiment Station holds the snake for public viewing. The party also killed another large rattlesnake with nine rattles and a button along the highway.
Austin reporters note Senate refuses a joint hearing as the House seeks a committee session on cotton reduction bills. Gov Sterling urges action to boost cotton production and stir Southland out of darkness as leaders convene in special session. A federal forecast signals high September cotton balances, leaving futures largely unmoved.
Houston report says Shanks a former convict charged with murder in the killing of Mrs Chester A Jones was held without interview today. Police gave no interview details. They seek two women suspected of involvement. Jack Jones and Barney McGonegal are charged with murder in a separate case involving John Chris whose body was found in the Soatos river after the Jones couple were killed in their apartment.
Market notes show cotton futures up 19 points and spot quotes around 6 percent on average receipts. Wheat futures for September and December appear in review with remarks on March and new developments.
Short Time Remains In Which to Prepare Fair Exhibits as the Third Annual American Legion Fair approaches. The event runs Oct 15 16 17 with exhibitions to be staged in a new exhibit building under tents on Legion property near Bryan city limits. The fair features agricultural displays and local demonstrations.
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